Phantom Bottle suddenly departed during the last lull at the Fortress Bridgehead, which, for most people in the colonial fleet, was just a minor, irrelevant episode.
After all, everyone had already jointly signed the "Wild Frontier Development Decree," which, like a patent, had at least a twenty-year protection period.
Later arrivals had to respect the hard work of these pioneers. Even if they were more powerful, they could not forcibly seize the pioneers' achievements.
Even if a pioneer accidentally died in subsequent explorations, his assets and accompanying benefits would, under the justice of the Silver Code, be inherited by a designated heir.
Nobody worried that the Sailboat Collector, who was on his own, would cause any more trouble.
A portion of the people continued to build permanent shelters, whale oil workshops, and even colonial towns, while another group had already gone out to sea to start the long-anticipated whaling business.
